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K. STAGG.

WAlST.

APPLICATION FILED APR.26, m5.

Patented Nov, 28, 1916.

THE NLnPFIs PETERS co., WASHINGTON, a4 a KATHERINE STAGG, OF NEW YORK,N. Y.

WAIST.

Application filed April 26, 1915.

To all w ham it may concern Be it known that I, KATHERINE S'rAce, acitizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Waists, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ladies clothing.

It relates particularly to a new and improved Waist with a double frontfor the use of women when nursing children.

The object of my invention is to produce a waist which will enable awoman to nurse a child in public without exposing the breast to view.

Another object of the invention is to provide a waist, which whileallowing the nursing of the child in public without exposure of thebreast, shall be easily made, simple of adjustment, and which when nonursing is going on shall not appear difl erent from any other waist. Itcan, moreover, be made of any desired material and in accordance withany desired style.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification:Figure 1 is a view showing the waist while the child is being nursed;Fig. 2 is a detail showing how the portion covering the breast may beconnected with the remaining part of the waist.

Referring to the drawings: 1 is the body, 9 the blouse portion of thedouble front fastened to the body of the waist proper; 3 is a sanitaryshield, preferably worn in order to prevent soiling of the garments, and4: shows one manner in which the blouse portion is connected to thewaist.

The invention can be carried out in various ways, and the drawings areintended only in the way of example, and as illustrating the principleof the device.

The adjustable blouse portion for covering completely the face of thechild while nursing, as seen in Fig. 1, may be attached at the top andsides by buttons, hooks and eyes, or in any other usual way, therebybecoming detachable so as to be worn with any desired waist.

One great feature of the invention is the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1916.

Serial No. 23,799.

waist does not in any case need to be disarranged at the top and thisavoids a great deal of the exposure that takes place with the presentforms of waist.

The material of which the waist is composed may be heavy, or light, ofthe cheapest material or of the dearest quality, and may be mad-e toconform to any fashion ruling at the time. It is so simple that skilledlabor is not needed, and only the slightest knowledge of dressmaking isrequired. The blouse portion may be constructed as a separate article,and detachably connected to any desired Waist. If a corset cover isworn, it and the Waist proper should be provided with a slit, and inorder to avoid soiling the garments, a shield is provided under thebreast opening. In order that it may be applied to any waist, all thatis necessary is to have the waist in question provided with a slit overthe breast, and this slit could be covered with a plait or fold, or inany desired manner, so that it would not appear to difier from any otherwaist. Then simply apply the blouse portion.

My invention has nothing in common with various attempts that have beenmade to ace complish the same object, such as flaps, openings at theside, and so forth, but my invention aims at providing a garment whichshall entirely conceal the breast and face of the child, when thenursing is going on, at the same time allowing of its being made inornamental, fashionable style.

Having thus fully described and illustrated my invention, What I claimis A double front nursing waist comprising a body portion and a blouseportion completely detached therefrom, said blouse portion being soconstructed and arranged as to conceal both the breast of the nurse andthe face of the nursing child.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 22d day of April, A. D. 1915.

KATHERINE STAGG.

Witnesses:

MARK H. BERRY, A. S'rn'rson,

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

